Machina della coccagna per sollennizzare il nome gloriosissimo del augustissimo imperatore regnante Carlo VI reimagined
Machina della coccagna per sollennizzare il nome gloriosissimo del augustissimo imperatore regnante Carlo VI, Collection of festival prints, Blasio, Michelangelo de, fl. 1721-1742, Grado, Francesco de, Etching, ca. 1724, The Cuccagna monument was commissioned by Michael Friedrich Graf von Althann, in front of the Palazzo Real in Naples in celebration of the name day of Emperor Charles VI. Designed as a tripartite triumphal arch, the ephemeral monument is topped by the double-headed Imperial eagle and the insignia of Cardinal Althann. It is decorated with a personification of Abundance holding a cornucopia, festoons, fowls, bulls, and fountains. (Inscription of title continues: ...ré di Spagna Vngaria Boemia andc. fatta erigere nella piazza del real palazzo dall' cardinale Michele Federico d'Althann viceré e capitan generale nel regno di Napoli a dí IV. di nouembre 1724. Reimagined by Gibon. Classic art with a modern twist
Size: 3900px × 2519px
Photo credit: © Gibon Art / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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